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Revision as of 03:14, 27 February 2006
Template:Future sport The 2014 Winter Olympics, formally called the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be an international athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC under the leadership of Jacques Rogge has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. In June 2006, the International Olympic Committee will meet to narrow the field to several candidate cities. The elected host city will be announced on July 7, 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Applicant cities
The following applicant cities have been approved by their National Olympic Committees - [1]. They all sent their respective questionnaire answers by February 1, 2006. These documents have been made public in the following days.
| Name | Country (IOC Country Code) | Logo | Official web site |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sochi | Russia (RUS) | File:Sochi2014.jpg | Sochi 2014 | The Russian Black Sea resort will bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics along with Krasnaya Polyana, 45 km away from Sochi. The Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, which is being designed by the same company working on ski slopes for the 2010 Winter Olympics, will open in 2007 and will be the primary venue for outdoor sports while Sochi will host indoor winter sports. The high number of hotel rooms and strong public and political support in Sochi are expected to strengthen the bid's chances. Sochi may be one of the first subtropical cities to run Olympic games. |
| Salzburg | Austria (AUT) | File:Salzburg2014.gif | Salzburg 2014 | Despite its excellent technical bid, the Austrian town was eliminated in the first round in voting during the 2010 competition. The 2014 bid is more compact than the 2010 project due to the elimination of the Kitzbühel, St. Johann and Ramsau venues.
One venue (Schönau am Königssee for bob, skeleton and luge) is located in Germany. |
| Jaca | Spain (ESP) | File:Jaca2014.jpg | Jaca 2014 | Jaca has failed two times in its bid to land the 1998 and 2010 Winter Olympics, and is attempting to make the short-list for the second time. Skiing events will take place at ski resorts of the Pyrenees : Candanchú, Formigal, Astún and Panticosa. Most of the ice events, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies (at La Romareda Stadium), will take place 142 km south of Jaca in Zaragoza. Preliminary ice hockey competitions will take place in Jaca and Huesca. Jaca did bid for 2002 but missed the short list which was limited to Östersund (Sweden), Quebec City (Canada), Sion (Switzerland) and Salt Lake City from the US, the eventual host.
The fact that the Opening and Closing Ceremonies do not take place in Jaca is in contradiction with article 35.1 of the Olympic Charter. |
| Almaty | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | File:Almaty2014.jpg | Almaty 2014 | Almaty, the former Soviet republic's largest city, has submitted its offical bid for the 2014 Olympics to the International Olympic Committee. The city is already planned to host the 2011 Winter Asian Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstancites the existing indoor sports facilities and the Chimbulak Mountain ski slopes. The bid is quite compact with all the ice events in downtown Almaty, the alpine events in nearby Kumbel, the farthest event being biathlon and cross country skiing in the Soldatskoe Valley venue, only 45 km away from the center of Almaty and the Olympic Village. The historic Medeo ice rink would be the speed skating venue and would be covered for the Games. |
| PyeongChang | South Korea (KOR) | File:Pyeongchang2014.jpg | PyeongChang 2014 | PyeongChang was unanimously selected over Muju by the Korean Olympic Committee in December 2004, and was the first city to submit its bid to the International Olympic Committee. The bid has launched a full-scale campaign in an effort to secure a Winter Olympics, which eluded them by a mere three votes in the 2010 Olympic race, in which the Games were awarded to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 2014 project concentrates all venues within one hour of PyeongChang, calls for huge sums of investment into new infrastructure and sporting venues, including the new Alpensia Resort; moreover, the sporting event would promote a message of peace and harmony in the world's only divided country. Since 2003, the region has landed the 2009 Snowboard World Championships and the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in an aim at becoming the winter sports hub of Asia. |
| Sofia | Bulgaria (BUL) | File:Sofia2014 logo.jpg | Sofia 2014 | Sofia has submitted its application in the city's third attempt to land the Winter Games, after losing the 1992 and 1994 nomination to Albertville and Lillehammer, respectively. The proposed Olympics is based on three main centers: Sofia itself, Borovets and Bansko. Sofia would host the ice events and bobsleigh/luge in nearby Vitosha natural park. The ambitious multi-million euros Super Borovets (70 km away) expansion project is a further signal of Bulgaria's continual investment into infrastructure and would host cross country skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboard. Near Sofia is located also the fast developing Bansko resort (160 km). In 2005 here was held the Curling world championship. Bansko would host the biathlon and alpine skiing events. The city's bid also seems to have gained significant political support within the country and thus sent in its application early on April 17, 2004. |
| Borjomi | Georgia (GEO) | File:Borjomi 2014.jpg | Borjomi 2014 | Despite the lack of sports infrastructure, Georgia reportedly has the money and the will to host the Winter Olympics. The Games are proposed to be held in two locations: Borjomi and Tbilisi, which are about 200 km apart.
Borjomi is the proposed venue for the outdoor sports disciplines (Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross Country Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Luge, Nordic Combined, Skeleton, Ski Jumping and Snowboard), while Tbilisi will host the indoor sports disciplines (Curling, Figure Skating, Ice-Hockey, Short Track Speed Skating and Speed Skating). The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will take place in the natural amphitheatre in the centre of Bakuriani, a suburb of Borjomi. Bakuriani would also be the venue for the cross country and freestyle skiing. |
Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order defined by the IOC during its Executive Board of October 26, 2005. All these countries stink......I think that a place in either Southern America or Europe should be chosen! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Out of the race
The following cities have withdrawn their 2014 Winter Olympic bids or have decided not to bid.
Andorra la Vella, Andorra - No backing by the Andorran Olympic Committee for 2014 bid, but now considering bidding for 2022.
Annecy, France - No backing by the French Olympic Committee after Paris lost its 2012 bid, but now considering bidding for 2018.
Erzurum, Turkey - The National Olympic Committee of Turkey cites a lack of infrastructure
Harbin, People's Republic of China - Investment has been poured into the 2009 Winter Universiade
Munich, Germany - National Olympic Committee for Germany cites lack of detail and planning
Östersund, Sweden - Lack of Swedish political support
Reno and Lake Tahoe, United States of America - No backing by the United States Olympic Committee
Shimla, India - Lack of Indian Government support
Tromsø, Norway - The Norwegian government has not guaranteed money to the bid
Zürich, Switzerland - Withdrew their bid on September 14th, 2004
External links
- Candidature acceptance procedure for the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014
- Homepage of the Sochi bid
- Homepage of the Salzburg bid
- Homepage of the Jaca bid
- Homepage of the Almaty bid
- Homepage of the PyeongChang bid
- Homepage of the Sofia bid
- Homepage of the Borjomi bid
- Information on current bid process
- IOC press release about the bid process (October 26, 2005)
- Article giving a short summary of each applicant city
